2022-2027 Strategic Plan Metrics

• Paw'd Defiance: A Deep Dive into Student Success

• Baseline year is 2021-2022, the last year of our previous strategic plan.
• All figures are for Undergraduate students only.
• 1-Quarter Retention – student retention from Autumn to Winter quarter for that year
• 1-Year Retention – student retention from Autumn to Autumn quarter in the following year
• 6-Year Graduation – graduation rate for the cohort of all students (First Time in College and Transfers) in a given year
• Equity Gap – the % difference between Underrepresented Population outcomes and non-URP outcomes

*94% was our original goal, and although we have already surpassed, we will keep pursuing improvement

• Map of UW Tacoma Community Partners
• Office of Community Partnerships Annual Report
• Community Engagement Data

• Baseline year is 2021-2022, the last year of our previous strategic plan
• "S" Courses – Service or Community-Engaged Learning courses as designated in the curriculum

• New Milgard School of Business Initiative Promotes Entrepreneurship (5/18/2023)
• Lead Your Way program of the Milgard Women’s Initiative brings together high school sophomores, juniors and community leaders (3/17/2023)
• UW Tacoma’s Global Innovation & Design Lab brings together people of all backgrounds to solve difficult challenges, using design thinking (11/3/2022)
• Belinda Louie's Project TELL, now in its tenth year, partners with local school districts (10/6/2022)

• External funding – grant funded support for research and scholarship. Does not include private support and philanthropy.

• Sessions on “Combatting Anti-Islam” and “Combatting Anti-Semitism” (2023-24)
• Mindful Communication: Building a Beloved Community (3/17/2023)
• AAPI THRIVE Grant (2022-2027)
• People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond: Undoing Racism and RAINN: Anti-Sexual Harassment Training (2021-22)

• Baseline year for Demographic Gap is 2020-21. All others are 2021-22.
• Demographic gap: The percent difference in student of color percentage to faculty of color percentage
• Opportunities for campus-wide, cross-cultural engagement: Events coordinated by the Center for Equity and Inclusion are open to all campus members. These signature programs, celebrations, quarterly workshops and speaker series provide opportunities to engage across cultural differences in a supportive environment, guided by community agreements, for the purpose of increasing individual understanding and appreciation for multicultural ways of knowing and being. 
• Public recognition of individuals and/or groups successfully integrating the principles and practices of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging: In a Community of Practice, members from across campus will identify individuals and/or groups of staff, students, and faculty who are advancing diversity work at UW Tacoma. Stories in the quarterly Center for Equity and Inclusion newsletter, and other media outlets, will feature the impactful work that makes a positive difference for the campus climate and for student success. 

• First Dawg Bites Community Festival (4/29/2023)

• Internal and External Events – Includes UWT Conferences, Events, and RSO Events. Excludes simple meetings, course breakouts, study sessions, and day-of-reservations.